Bud’s unusually good behavior puzzles the Andersons while Jim avoids a call from a judge because he fears being asked to make a speech; the two situations unexpectedly converge.

This Father Knows Best broadcast aired on January 5, 1950. It is listed as episode 20 in the archive. NBC Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Robert Young, Roger Pfaff, Jack Carol, June Whitley, and Norma Jean Nilsson. Other credited names include Ed James as writer and Bill Forman as announcer.

The surviving recording runs about 30 minutes. The broadcast is also associated with Maxwell House coffee ("Robert Young Good Drivers Club").

A family situation comedy about Jim and Margaret Anderson and their children, using everyday household problems and generational misunderstandings for warm comedy.